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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 2 | Wednesday January 11, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
TV Madness:
Winter brings
a host of TV
shows both
new and old.
“One must exercise precision to
deal with specific, malicious
pirates; SOPA goes to town on
the Internet with a machete.”
Young blood:
No. 5 Men’s
Volleyball
succeeds despite
loss of three
All-Americans.
sports 12
lifestyle 5
opinion 4
weather
Mostly Sunny
hi 70
lo 49
today tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
hi 82
lo 63
RecSports
By Cursta McCullom
Daily Trojan
The Lyon Center locker rooms
reopened this semester with new
lockers that will replace lockers that
have been in use for more than 20
years.
The renovations over winter
break are the beginning of future
improvements that will occur at
the facility. Additional lockers were
added to the second floor of the Lyon
Center, said Justine Gilman, senior
director of recreational facilities
and fitness.
“The old lockers had a fair
amount of rust and corrosion that
formed over the years,” Gilman said.
“It was really time to update aspects
of the Lyon Center, and we were
able to make some long-needed
improvements over winter break.”
An altered system for assigning
lockers has also been adopted this
semester to make full use of the
Lyon Center
renovates
lockers, gym
The fitness center replaced
and reorganized its rusty,
corroding lockers.
| see Invent, page 2 |
By Daniel Rothberg
Daily Trojan
The Undergraduate Student Government unani-mously
approved a Senate resolution Tuesday night that
proposes adding a two- to four-day October break to the
academic calendar.
USG uses resolutions to formally communicate its
position on an issue to the administration.
The break received overwhelming student support in
an online survey conducted by USG earlier this year. Of
the 905 respondents, 90 percent supported its addition.
Of the top 25 schools on US News & World Report’s
Best Colleges of 2012, 13 have some form of a mid-semes-ter
fall break incorporated into their schedules, accord-ing
to the resolution, which was authored by Residential
Senator Aron Theising and former Residential Senator
Susan Deng, who is currently studying abroad, and
sponsored by Residential Senator Jordan Veira.
USG Vice President Logan Lachman said the break
would provide a much-needed time for students to un-wind
in the middle of the semester.
“It would be a great way for students to rest since we
do have such a rigorous academic calendar,” Lachman
said.
Senate pushes
for USC to
add fall break
The Undergraduate Student Government Senate
wants the university to add a break in October.
| see Resolution, page 2 |
USG
By Chloe Stepney
Daily Trojan
Manbir Singh, a professor of radiology
and biomedical engineering and pioneer
in biomedical imaging technology, died of
unknown causes while visiting family in
India during winter break. He was 63.
Singh, who received his Ph.D in physics
from UCLA in 1971, joined the Trojan Family
in 1977 as a professor in the Department
of Radiology. In 1988, he received a
double appointment in USC’s Biomedical
Engineering Department.
“I see him as the professor,” said Dr.
Patrick Colletti, a professor of radiology
and Singh’s former student. “He had this
way of presenting materials in an organized
manner so you could remember them — even
complicated things could be broken down.”
Sinchai Tsao, a graduate student studying
biomedical engineering who worked
with Singh, said Singh was easygoing and
understanding.
“One of the cooler things about him is
he just let us express what we thought, and
he would never judge us on what our ideas
were,” Tsao said. “He was always open to
chatting about what we thought.”
Biomedical Engineering Department
Chair Norberto Grzywacz said he quickly
learned of Singh’s good heart when he came
to USC in 2001.
“First thing I had to do was write a grant
proposal, and I didn’t even have an office yet,
and [Singh] gave me his,” Grzywacz said. “He
was really friendly, really nice.”
At home, Heidi Singh, Singh’s wife of 41
years, said he was a wonderful, great soul.
“He was a very open person,” said Heidi
Singh, who said she is a Buddhist and her
husband was a Sikh. “He was really open of
all religions and supportive of everyone.”
Singh pioneered biomedical imaging with
the use of single photon emission computed
tomography, which produces 3-D imagery of
internal organs.
“He was an experimentalist,” said Richard
Leahy, a professor of signal and image
processing theory. “He worked hard and was
dedicated to what he did, and I think his work
was characterized by a kind of independence
of thought.”
Singh founded and served as director of the
Neuroimaging core and of the Department of
Biomedical Engineering’s graduate program
in Biomedical Imaging.
“He just did what he did because he loved
it,” Heidi Singh said. “He loved making a
difference.”
He is survived by Hedi and their son, Kabir
Singh, 24.
A memorial service for Singh will
tentatively be held on Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. in the
Davidson Conference Center.
Manbir Singh, a biomedical professor, dies at 63
The professor founded and lead
USC’s Neuroimaging core and the
Biomedical Imaging program.
Remembering
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Political party
Students watch the results of the 2012 New Hampshire Primary at an event hosted by USC
College Republicans in Doheny Memorial Library. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney won the
primary with 39 percent of the vote, followed by Texas Rep. Ron Paul with 23 percent.
Courtesy of the Viterbi School of Engineering
In memoriam · Manbir Singh will be remembered as an understanding,
easygoing, and compassionate person. He was a pioneer in biomedical imaging.
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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 2 | Wednesday January 11, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
TV Madness:
Winter brings
a host of TV
shows both
new and old.
“One must exercise precision to
deal with specific, malicious
pirates; SOPA goes to town on
the Internet with a machete.”
Young blood:
No. 5 Men’s
Volleyball
succeeds despite
loss of three
All-Americans.
sports 12
lifestyle 5
opinion 4
weather
Mostly Sunny
hi 70
lo 49
today tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
hi 82
lo 63
RecSports
By Cursta McCullom
Daily Trojan
The Lyon Center locker rooms
reopened this semester with new
lockers that will replace lockers that
have been in use for more than 20
years.
The renovations over winter
break are the beginning of future
improvements that will occur at
the facility. Additional lockers were
added to the second floor of the Lyon
Center, said Justine Gilman, senior
director of recreational facilities
and fitness.
“The old lockers had a fair
amount of rust and corrosion that
formed over the years,” Gilman said.
“It was really time to update aspects
of the Lyon Center, and we were
able to make some long-needed
improvements over winter break.”
An altered system for assigning
lockers has also been adopted this
semester to make full use of the
Lyon Center
renovates
lockers, gym
The fitness center replaced
and reorganized its rusty,
corroding lockers.
| see Invent, page 2 |
By Daniel Rothberg
Daily Trojan
The Undergraduate Student Government unani-mously
approved a Senate resolution Tuesday night that
proposes adding a two- to four-day October break to the
academic calendar.
USG uses resolutions to formally communicate its
position on an issue to the administration.
The break received overwhelming student support in
an online survey conducted by USG earlier this year. Of
the 905 respondents, 90 percent supported its addition.
Of the top 25 schools on US News & World Report’s
Best Colleges of 2012, 13 have some form of a mid-semes-ter
fall break incorporated into their schedules, accord-ing
to the resolution, which was authored by Residential
Senator Aron Theising and former Residential Senator
Susan Deng, who is currently studying abroad, and
sponsored by Residential Senator Jordan Veira.
USG Vice President Logan Lachman said the break
would provide a much-needed time for students to un-wind
in the middle of the semester.
“It would be a great way for students to rest since we
do have such a rigorous academic calendar,” Lachman
said.
Senate pushes
for USC to
add fall break
The Undergraduate Student Government Senate
wants the university to add a break in October.
| see Resolution, page 2 |
USG
By Chloe Stepney
Daily Trojan
Manbir Singh, a professor of radiology
and biomedical engineering and pioneer
in biomedical imaging technology, died of
unknown causes while visiting family in
India during winter break. He was 63.
Singh, who received his Ph.D in physics
from UCLA in 1971, joined the Trojan Family
in 1977 as a professor in the Department
of Radiology. In 1988, he received a
double appointment in USC’s Biomedical
Engineering Department.
“I see him as the professor,” said Dr.
Patrick Colletti, a professor of radiology
and Singh’s former student. “He had this
way of presenting materials in an organized
manner so you could remember them — even
complicated things could be broken down.”
Sinchai Tsao, a graduate student studying
biomedical engineering who worked
with Singh, said Singh was easygoing and
understanding.
“One of the cooler things about him is
he just let us express what we thought, and
he would never judge us on what our ideas
were,” Tsao said. “He was always open to
chatting about what we thought.”
Biomedical Engineering Department
Chair Norberto Grzywacz said he quickly
learned of Singh’s good heart when he came
to USC in 2001.
“First thing I had to do was write a grant
proposal, and I didn’t even have an office yet,
and [Singh] gave me his,” Grzywacz said. “He
was really friendly, really nice.”
At home, Heidi Singh, Singh’s wife of 41
years, said he was a wonderful, great soul.
“He was a very open person,” said Heidi
Singh, who said she is a Buddhist and her
husband was a Sikh. “He was really open of
all religions and supportive of everyone.”
Singh pioneered biomedical imaging with
the use of single photon emission computed
tomography, which produces 3-D imagery of
internal organs.
“He was an experimentalist,” said Richard
Leahy, a professor of signal and image
processing theory. “He worked hard and was
dedicated to what he did, and I think his work
was characterized by a kind of independence
of thought.”
Singh founded and served as director of the
Neuroimaging core and of the Department of
Biomedical Engineering’s graduate program
in Biomedical Imaging.
“He just did what he did because he loved
it,” Heidi Singh said. “He loved making a
difference.”
He is survived by Hedi and their son, Kabir
Singh, 24.
A memorial service for Singh will
tentatively be held on Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. in the
Davidson Conference Center.
Manbir Singh, a biomedical professor, dies at 63
The professor founded and lead
USC’s Neuroimaging core and the
Biomedical Imaging program.
Remembering
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Political party
Students watch the results of the 2012 New Hampshire Primary at an event hosted by USC
College Republicans in Doheny Memorial Library. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney won the
primary with 39 percent of the vote, followed by Texas Rep. Ron Paul with 23 percent.
Courtesy of the Viterbi School of Engineering
In memoriam · Manbir Singh will be remembered as an understanding,
easygoing, and compassionate person. He was a pioneer in biomedical imaging.
Follow
@DT_lifestyle
Follow
@DT_lifestyle